The Fraud Caused the Ninth Largest Bank Failure with Estimated Losses in Excess Of $677 Million Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. A jury convicted Ebrahim Shabudin yesterday of seven felony counts of conspiracy, securities fraud and other corporate fraud offenses stemming from the failure of United Commercial Bank (UCB), announced U.S.[Read More…]
Law and Order
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Falsifying a Wildlife Document Related to the Sale of Horns from a Black Rhino
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. John A. Brommel, 53, a resident of Austin, Texas, and the owner of a taxidermy business, pleaded guilty today to violating the Lacey Act’s false labeling provision by knowingly selling horns from a black rhinoceros to non-Texas residents and falsifying the bill of sale to conceal[Read More…]
Cincinnati Man Sentenced for Operating Sex Trafficking Scheme in Ohio and Kentucky
Defendant Used Violent Assaults and Physical Restraints to Compel Young Women to Engage in Prostitution for the Defendant’s Profit Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Senior U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II of the Western District of Kentucky sentenced Cincinnati resident, Christopher Hisle, 45, to serve 180 months in prison and[Read More…]
Huntley Contractor Charged With Mail Fraud, Causing False Statements To Be Made On Forms Required By Erisa, And Failing To Collect And Pay Over $600,000 In Federal Taxes
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. A Huntley, Ill., concrete contractor was charged today by a federal grand jury in a twenty-seven count indictment. THOMAS MANNING, 58, president of T. Manning Concrete, Inc., located in Huntley, was charged with five counts of mail fraud, five counts of causing false statements to be[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Macoupin County Arrest in Child Pornography Operation
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced charges today against a Macoupin County man on multiple counts of possessing and distributing child pornography as part of “Operation Glass House,” her statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online. Madigan’s investigators, the[Read More…]
US Army National Guard Soldier and his Cousin Arrested for Conspiring to Support Terrorism (ISIL)
One Man Arrested While Attempting to Travel Abroad; Both Chicago Area Men Spoke of Using Army Uniforms, Military Knowledge and Access to Attack Illinois Military Installation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois and[Read More…]
MTU America Inc., Agrees to $1.2 Million Penalty and Auditing Program to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. MTU America Inc. (MTU), a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, will implement an auditing program to ensure proper emissions testing and compliance with federal emission standards for its heavy-duty diesel non-road engines as part of a settlement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations, the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Against Charity President for Misappropriating Funds
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against the president of a downstate charity, Sheri Ann & Her Boys, alleging over $33,000 was misappropriated from the charity’s accounts. Madigan filed the complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against Mario Decicco, of La Grange Park, for[Read More…]
Alaskan Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children in Cambodia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted yesterday for sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for March 23, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
